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strange bedfellow

strange bedfellow is the singular of strange bedfellows.

Meaning of strange bedfellows

Noun

strange bedfellows pl (normally plural, singular strange bedfellow)

  1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-normally) An unusual combination or political alliance.
    • The USA and the USSR were strange bedfellows. They were united only in their opposition to Hitler and Fascism.1996, Tony Downey, Nigel Smith, Russia and the USSR, 1900-1995, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 66

Forms of strange bedfellow

pluralstrange bedfellows

Questions about strange bedfellow

What is strange bedfellow the singular of?
Strange bedfellow is the singular of strange bedfellows.

Words near strange bedfellow in the dictionary

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  2. strang
  3. strange
  4. strange attractor
  5. strange attractors
  6. strange bedfellow
  7. strange bedfellows
  8. strange bird
  9. strange birds
  10. strange fish
  11. strange fruit

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